The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 7

[Canada]

At night, Bela was working on her laptop in her bedroom, when Bulbul knocked at her door and before Bela could say something, Bulbul entered her room and seeing that Bela said,"Jab andar aane ke liye permission tumko chahiye nehi hoti hai to knock karne ki kya zarurat hai? Aise hi andar aa jaaya karo." Bulbul, in turn asked,"Jab aap itna hi personal kaam kar rahi ho to door andar se lock kyu nehi karti ho?" Bela nodded her head and said,"Forget it!! Tumse to baat karna hi dimaag kid ahi karne jaisa hai." Bulbul said,"Ha to vaisi baat aap karti kyu ho? Vaise mamma mujhe aapse ek important baat karni hai." Bela again concentrated on her laptop and without shifting her eyes from it replied,"Agar Delhi jaane ka rona lekar aayi ho to that's not gonna happen. You're not going to India aur phir vahaka climate yaha se bohot alag hai beta bimaar par jaaogi." Bulbul asked,"Kyu bimaar parungi? Main to bohot saare jagah aapke saath ja chuki hu?" Bela replied,"Bulbul...Baba India ka climate aur jin jagaho par tum gayi ho unka climate bohot alag hai aur aajtak maine tumhe kahi bhi akele jaane diya hai? Main India nehi ja sakti hu isiliye main tumko bhi jaane nehi de sakti hu." Bubul was in no mood to argue with her mother on that topic and so she nodded her head and replied,"Achcha thik hai vaise bhi vo baat karne main aayi hi nehi hu. Vo to main vaise bhi India jaaungi hi usme koi problem nehi hai." Bela smirked and asked,"Are you challenging your mother sweetheart?" Bulbul, with full of confidence on her face replied,"No mamma!! Jis challenge mein jeet confirm ho vaise bekaar ke challenge main karti bhi nehi hu, mazaa nehi aata hai na. Main to aapse dusri baat karne aayi thi. Aap pehle meri baat to sun lo." Suddenly Bela remembered something and closed her laptop and said,"Aaj maths test tha na tumhaara? Kya hua? Phir se ande ubaal kar laayi ho? Main hamesha se kehti hu na Bulbul tutions le lo, main tumko waqt nehi de paati aur...""Mammmaaa!!" Bulbul screamed aloud and then opened her copy in front of Bela's face and said,"Ande nehi laayi hu mamma, dekho full marks aaye hai. Tabse main yehi to aapko bataane ki koshish kar rahi hu aur aap hai ke kaha kaha ki baat lekar aa gayi. Aap itna bolti kyu ho? Uff!! Dimaag kharaab karke rakh diya mera." Bela made a face to Bulbul but did not believe Bulbul as she was quite weak in maths and always gets less marks in it in comparison to other subjects and so Bela snatched Bulbul's copy and checked it properly. Bulbul said,"Ha ha dekho dekho ekdam chashma laga kar dekho." Bela, in an astonished tone asked,"Ye miracle kaise hua?" Bulbul very happily and casually replied,"Daddy ne paraaya hai na isliye." Bela asked,"Kya?" Bubul looked at her with a jerk as she understood what she had just blurted out and she said,"Uh...vo naani ne mujhe bataya hai ke mere daddy maths mein bohot achche the aur main to apne daddy ki beti hu isiliye." Bela looked at her from over her spects and said,"Aaj se pehle to kabhi daddy ki beti nehi bani to phir aaj achaanak se kaise ban gayi?" Bulbul replied,"Hamesha se hi thi main vo to aap itna harkaakar rakhti ho na isiliye...." Bela put Bulbul's copy on the bed and said,"Pata hai beta ye jo mamma hote hai na unke paas ek bohot strong sa weapon hota hai jiska naam 6th sense hai. Pata nehi kyu mujhe kuch dino se lag raha hai ke ye meri gudiya raani jo hai, mujhse kuch chupa rahi hai. Pata nehi mujhe aisa kyu lag raha hai ke tum koi khichdi paka rahi ho aur isme naani bhi tumhaare saath shaamil hai." Bulbul never imagined even in her dreams that Bela would smell what Bulbul was cooking and she could easily feel the loud beating of her heart, but she made a very brave face and angrily replied,"Mera koi pet kharaab hua hai jo main khichdi banau? Aur aapki to mujhe problem hi samajhme nehi aati hai. Pehle jab main sach mein ande laati thi tab bhi aapko problem thi aaj full marks laayi hu tab bhi aapko problem hai. Mujhe aapke paas aana hi nehi chahiye tha." Saying she took her copy and was about to leave when Bela stopped her and hugged her from back and said,"Ok ok ok I'm so sorry!! Main to bohot khush hu ke meri baby ko full marks aaye hai and you really deserve a gift. Batao kya chahiye?" Bulbul asked,"Main jo maangungi aap dengi?" Bela replied,"India jaane ke alava kuch bhi ho milega." Bulbul broke the hug and replied,"Mujhe paneer ke paraathe khaane hai."Bela replied,"Bas?? Thik hai jaao jaakar boldo vo bana denge." Bulbul replied,"Agar yehi karna hota to main aapke paas kyu aati? Mujhe aapke haatho ke bane paraathe khaane hai. Maine naani se suna hai aap bohot achche paneer ke paraathe banaati ho, to mujhe bana kar khilaao." Bela put aside her laptop and and said,"Beta vo arsa pehle banaya karti thi, jab India mein rehti thi tab aur yaha aane ke baad kabhi banaya hi nehi. Main to bhul bhi gayi hu aur vaise bhi...ye...ye tumhaare daddy ke favourate hai isliye...main nehi banaungi. Main tumhaare daddy ko yaad hi nehi karna chahti hu." Bulbul found it to be an opportunity to learn more about her father and so she literally emotionally blackmailed her mother and said,"Matlab daddy aapke liye mujhse zyaada zaruri ho gaye? Aapko daddy yaad aayenge isliye aap mujhe paraathe bana kar nehi khilaaogi? Ye bohot galat baat hai mamma, iska matlab aap daddy ko mujhse zyaada pyar karte ho." Bulbul held her mother's hand and pouted to plead,"Please mamma!! Agar aap nehi banaaogi to main dinner nehi karungi." Bela chuckled and pulled Bulbul's nose and replied,"Mujhe emotional blackmail karna bohot achchi tarah se aata hai na tumhe? But you know mujhe koi problem nehi hai because it reminds me that main yehi shakal bana kar tumhaare aur mere dono ke papa ko bohot blackmail kiya hai and they always had to comply by my rules. Is baat par tum bilkul mujhpar gayi ho aur isi khushi mein main paraathe bana kar zarur khilaaungi lekin agar ganda bana to mujhe kuch mat kehna." Bulbul agreed and Bela went to the kitchen to prepare the desired thing for Bulbul but the problem was that she actually forgot the preparation of the paratha and she thought about what to do. Suddenly a memory flashed in her mind.